Men's Lacrosse

#17 Bears Face #7 Cornell In Ivy League Playoff Semifinals

May 06, 2010

IVY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

#17 Brown (8-5, 4-2 Ivy) vs. #7 Cornell (9-4, 4-2
Ivy)

Friday, May 7, 2010

Schoellkopf Field; Ithaca, New York

8:00 p.m.

Ivy League
Champions: Brown captured its second Ivy
League Championship in the last three years following its dramatic
10-9 overtime win over Dartmouth on Saturday. The Bears
finished with a 4-2 league mark and shared the Ivy title with
Cornell, Yale and Princeton.

Ivy League
Playoffs: After a wild week that saw four
teams tie for the Ivy League Title, the first ever Ivy League
Playoffs commence in Ithaca, New York, on Friday, May 7, with
Cornell hosting semifinal games. Yale and Princeton will play
in the first game at 5:00 p.m., with the Bears facing Cornell in
the second semifinal, starting at 8:00 p.m. The two winners
advance to Sunday's championship game at 12:00 noon, telecast live
on ESPNU.

Video
Streaming: LiveSportsVideo.com will be
streaming the semifinals live on IvyLeagueSports.com and
LiveSportsVideo.com for a pay-per-view subscription of $4.95 for a
single game or $7.95 for both men's semifinals. Westbrook Shortell
will be handling the play-by-play duties.

Brown vs.
Cornell – The First Meeting 4/24/10: Senior
All-American Thomas Muldoon and sophomore
Parker
Brown scored three goals each to lead Brown to a 13-10
Ivy League win over #8 Cornell, the Bear's second straight win over
the Big Red, and first win in Ithaca since 2002.

The Series
Record: Brown and Cornell have met 49 times, dating
back to 1964, with the Big Red holding a 32-17 series advantage
over the Bears. Brown earned an 11-9 win over Cornell last
year in Providence, and a 13-10 win earlier this year in Ithaca.
Cornell's last win over Brown came in 2008, an 11-7 Big Red win in
Ithaca.

Muldoon Named
Finalist For Lowe's Senior CLASS Award:
Senior attackman Thomas Muldoon is a finalist for
the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, an award that goes to a
senior with achievements in four areas of excellence: Classroom,
Character, Community, and Competition. Brown fans can vote
for Muldoon at the award's official web site, http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/lacrosse_2010/
as well as through text messaging. Fans can text LAX to 74569 to
vote for the finalists.

High Scoring
Bears: Brown leads the Ivy League and ranks
10th nationally in scoring with 11.69 goals per game.
The Bears' 18.85 points per game ranks 10th in the
nation and leads the Ivies. 16 different Brown players have
scored goals this year.

Feinberg Top
Ivy Scorer: Junior attackman Andrew
Feinberg (Owings Mills, MD), who scored a career high
five goals against Providence, leads the Ivy League and ranks
10th nationally in goals with 2.62 per game (33
goals). He moved into 12th place on Brown's
all-time goal scoring list, now with 96 career goals. His 122
career points (96 goals, 26 assists) ranks 25th in the
Brown record book. He has scored four or more goals four
times this season, vs. Hartford, UMass, Harvard and Penn, while
scoring three goals against St. Joseph's and Duke.

Muldoon Named
Ivy league Player of the Week: Senior
All-American attackman Thomas Muldoon (Oakton, VA)
scored three goals, including the game-winning goal in overtime
against Dartmouth, to propel Brown into the Ivy League Playoffs and
gain a share of the Ivy league championship. Muldoon,
who had three goals and two assists in Brown's first win over
Cornell, is Brown's second leading scorer with 37 points (27 goals,
10 assists). He netted three goals vs. Penn and registered
the game-winning goal against Bryant. He also netted the game-tying
goal midway through the fourth quarter in Brown's loss to
Princeton. A three –time first team All-Ivy and New
England selection, Muldoon moved into ninth place on Brown's
all-time scoring list with 153 points (116 goals, 37
assists). Muldoon scored four goals against Duke and became
the 10th player in Brown history to reach the century
mark in goals, now with 116 career goals, seventh in the Brown
record book.

Thomas Muldoon's Career Statistics

Season
Goals
Assists
Points

2007
23
9
32

2008
30
7
37

2009
36
11
47

2010
27
10
37

Career
116
37
153

Brown's Top
Career Scorers

Player
Goals
Asst.
Points

1.
Darren Lowe (1992)
111
205
316

2.
David Evans (1996)
145
87
232

3.
Tom Gagnon (1986)
109
99
208

4.
Andy Towers (1993)
150
53
203

5.
Oliver Marti (1993)
144
27
171

6.
Rick Handelman (1980)
59
109
168

7.
Tom Draper (1964)
123
39
162

8.
John Keogh (1986)
83
75
158

9.
Thomas Muldoon (2010)
116
37
153

10.
Jamie Munro (1989)
88
64
152

11.
Bernie Buonanno (1989)
83
66
149

12.
Mick Matthews (1985)
66
80
146

13.
Bob Anthony (1970)
48
97
145

14.
Stephen Russo (1973)
57
86
143

15.
John Meister (1979)
67
71
138

16.
Bob Scalise (1971)
121
16
137

17. Jon Thompson (2003)
97
43
137

18.
Angelo Lobosco (1981)
100
35
135

19.
Brian McNally (1996)
80
52
132

20. Jay McMahon (1991)
92
37
129

21.
Rick Buck (1970)
41
86
127

22.
Neil Munro (1992)
74
24
126

23.
Rich Tuohy (1990)
101
24
125

24. Bill Carr (1966)
56
67
123

25.
Andrew Feinberg (2011)
96
26
122

Seligmann Gets
An Assist: Senior midfielder Reade
Seligmann (Essex Falls, NJ), a first team All-Ivy
selection, ranks fourth in the Ivy League with 1.46 assists per
game, and is Brown's team leader with 19 assists for the
season. He handed out four assists in Brown's win over Penn,
and netted a season high three goals, with four assists, against
Hofstra. Seligmann is Brown's third leading scorer with 31
points (12 goals, 19 assists).

Fallon Named
Ivy Player of the Week: Junior All-American
defenseman Peter Fallon (Baltimore, MD), a second
team All-Ivy selection in 2010, was named the Ivy League Player of
the Week after helping to shut down the Ivy League's top goal
scorer from Cornell in Brown's 13-10 win over the Big Red. Fallon
shares the Brown team lead with 36 ground balls. He scored
his second career goal against Bryant, while picking up a game high
five ground balls.

Chriss Among
Top Ivy Goalies: Junior goalie Matt
Chriss (Lutherville, MD), an honorable mention All-Ivy
selection in 2010, ranked third in the Ivy League with 10.30 saves
per game, posted a 10.18 goals against average, and a save
percentage of .513. He registered a season high 15 saves vs.
#7 Duke, and 14 saves in Brown's win over Bryant. He also
turned aside 13 shots in games against Hofstra and #8 Cornell,
while playing 738 of a possible 748 minutes in goal for the
Bears.

What Can Brown
Do For You?: Sophomore attackman Parker
Brown (San Francisco, CA) has scored a career high three
goals against Cornell and Yale this season. Parker had two
goals vs. Penn, is Brown's fourth-leading scorer with 30 points (19
goals, 11 assists).

Hat-Trick For
Hawley: First team All-Ivy middy David
Hawley (New Canaan, CT), a transfer from Williams, has
proven to be a vital offensive force for the Bears, scoring 25
goals, third best on the Brown team. He scored three goals
against Hofstra, Providence and Bryant, and netted two goals in
seven different games. His 29 points (25 goals, 4 assists)
are fifth on the Brown team this season.

Brown Head
Coach Lars Tiffany: Fourth-year head coach
Lars Tiffany is a 1990 Brown graduate and a
two-year Brown lacrosse captain under then-Brown coach Dom
Starsia. He played on two Brown teams that earned NCAA
Tournament berths, and played in the North-South Senior All-Star
Game. Tiffany, who has posted a 33-19 record at Brown, was
named the 2008 and 2009 New England Coach of the Year after guiding
the Brown men's lacrosse team to the Ivy League Championship in
2008, and returning the Bears to the NCAA Tournament in 2009.